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Cabrera Serrenho, A., Salvia, G., Braithwaite, N. 
ORCID: 0000-0001-6424-8919, Moreno, M., Norman, J. and Scott, K.,
2015.
The role of consumption in material reduction opportunities: the impact of product lifetime in supplying the UK steel demand.
In: T. Cooper, N. Braithwaite ORCID: 0000-0001-6424-8919, M. Moreno and G. Salvia, eds.,
Product Lifetimes and the Environment (PLATE) Conference proceedings, [Nottingham Trent University], Nottingham, 17-19 June 2015.
Nottingham: Nottingham Trent University: CADBE, pp. 38-43.
ISBN 9780957600997
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Abstract
Most of the products purchased in the UK are manufactured in other countries. As a result, worldwide greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions released to manufacture all products purchased in the UK are significantly higher than the UK territorial emissions. More than one half of global industrial emissions result from the use of steel, cement, paper, plastics, and aluminium. In this paper, the UK consumption of products that embody these five materials is estimated. For steel, which is the most widely used among these five materials, consumption and accumulation patterns are examined across four product categories. The impact of steel product lifetime extension is examined for the UK as one option for material demand reduction at the consumption stage of the supply chain. Different levels of steel product lifetimes are simulated for the UK in 2050 and their impacts are examined in terms of UK steel production, implicit steel imports, and global carbon dioxide emissions. Steel product lifetime extension promotes a reduction in the need for steel imports, by reducing the demand for new steel, which leads to lower carbon dioxide emissions required to supply the UK steel demand. The results demonstrate the criticality of a focus on the consumption stage, since any interventions made towards demand reduction of end-use goods leads to material reduction across the supply chain.
| Item Type: | Chapter in book |
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| Alternative Title: | Proceedings of the Product Lifetimes and the Environment Conference, 17-19 June 2015 Proceedings of the PLATE Conference, 17-19 June 2015 |
| Creators: | Cabrera Serrenho, A., Salvia, G., Braithwaite, N., Moreno, M., Norman, J. and Scott, K. |
| Publisher: | Nottingham Trent University: CADBE |
| Place of Publication: | Nottingham |
| Date: | 2015 |
| ISBN: | 9780957600997 |
| Rights: | [© Nottingham Trent University 2015]. cc Proceedings are under a Creative Common License Number CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
| Divisions: | Schools > School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment |
| Record created by: | EPrints Services |
| Date Added: | 09 Oct 2015 11:04 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Jun 2017 14:24 |
| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/22317 |
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